LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Dec. 18, 2012) -Anglo Pacific Group PLC ("Anglo Pacific", the "Company") (News - Market indicators)(TSX:APY) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a royalty financing agreement in connection with the Dugbe 1 Gold Project (the "Project"), located in south eastern Liberia and operated by Hummingbird Resources Plc ("Hummingbird").

Anglo Pacific will provide Hummingbird with a cash payment of US$15 million in exchange for a 2% net smelter return royalty for any ore produced from the Project within a 20 kilometre radius of Dugbe F, including the Tuzon project.

The acquisition consideration will be paid in three equal tranches:

Tranche 1: US$5 million will be payable immediately following local consents and filings being obtained.

Tranche 2: US$5 million is payable upon either the completion of 25,000 metres of infill drilling or the publication of the results of a scoping study on the Dugbe 1 Project and not payable before 31 December 2012.

Tranche 3: US$5 million is payable following the completion of both a scoping study and 25,000 metres of infill drilling at the Project and not payable before 31 March 2013.

The Project royalty covers a land area of approximately 1,256 square kilometres, which includes a NI 43-101 compliant Indicated and Inferred Resource.

Commenting on the acquisition, John Theobald, Chief Executive Officer of Anglo Pacific, said:

"We are extremely pleased with the acquisition of the royalty on the Dugbe 1 gold project, the third royalty financing we have announced this year. The acquisition enables Anglo Pacific to further diversify its royalty portfolio by strengthening our focus on precious metals, which we believe will offer considerable long term revenue growth and cash flows for the Company and its shareholders."

Notes to editors:

About Anglo Pacific Group PLC

Anglo Pacific Group PLC is a global natural resources royalties company. The Company's strategy is to expand its mineral royalty interests in long-life mining assets. The Company achieves this through both direct acquisition and investment in projects at the development and production stage. It is a continuing policy of the Company to pay a substantial proportion of these royalties to shareholders as dividends.

About Hummingbird Resources Plc

Hummingbird Resources plc is an AIM quoted mineral exploration company incorporated in England and Wales and headquartered in London. Since its establishment in November 2005, the Company and its subsidiaries (the "Group") has been active in Liberia, West Africa, and is currently the holder of the largest area of mineral exploration ground in the highly prospective Birimian geological region of eastern Liberia. The Group currently holds exploration licences covering approximately 7,000 square kilometres in total, which constitutes a significant proportion of eastern Liberia containing the Birimian sequence.

The Group has published a NI43-101 compliant Indicated and Inferred Resource on its Dugbe F deposit, for more information, please visit www.hummingbirdresources.co.uk.

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